British Update: Private Lives Romances – Len Miller Love Anthologies, several with Matt Baker Art
*Vintage UK/Australian Reprints of US Material: From the 1950s stable of the indefatigable Len Miller, re-packer of US comics, we have a selection of 12 issues of Private Lives Romances, another 68 page squarebound, black & white reprint anthology. Behind original – and generally rather unpromising – cover illustrations, six of these twelve issues feature the works of the superb team of Dana Dutch and Matt Baker, writer & artist for St. John publishing, who gave us tales with come-on titles like ‘Dishonest Maid of Honor!’, ‘Confessions of an Army Wife!’ and ‘I Was a Soldier’s Pick-Up!’. Later issues, devoid of Baker, nevertheless manage some nice work in the mish-mash of material from Ajax/Farrell, Atlas and others, including some rather lovely Coletta – hard to believe, I know, but it’s a fact – and someone who if he isn’t Alex Toth, is doing a blinding impression. Issues newly stocked from #1 to #36, averaging VG/FN condition. Illustrated for your viewing pleasure is #4 (FN £20, 2 Baker Stories); details on the others, of course, in our catalogue listings. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD